Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Australia and New Zealand

Children out of school in Australia and New Zealand in 2024 — 13,229 people. Since 2013, the indicator has risen by 308.9%.

2024 13,229 people −3.56% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 18,322 people2020
Period minimum 3,235 people2013

Trend over time

2013–2024 · people

Children out of school — Australia and New Zealand, 2013–202405,00010,00015,00020,00020132015201720192021202320242013: 3,235 people2014: 4,859 people2015: 4,978 people2016: 4,743 people2017: 6,191 people2018: 9,357 people2019: 8,687 people2020: 18,322 people2021: 13,654 people2022: 16,634 people2023: 13,717 people2024: 13,229 people
Change over the period: +9,994 (+308.93%) Average annual rate: 13.66 %
Children out of school — Australia and New Zealand, by year Australia and New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 13,229 −488 −3.56%
2023 13,717 −2,917 −17.54%
2022 16,634 +2,980 +21.83%
2021 13,654 −4,668 −25.48%
2020 18,322 +9,635 +110.91%
2019 8,687 −670 −7.16%
2018 9,357 +3,166 +51.14%
2017 6,191 +1,448 +30.53%
2016 4,743 −235 −4.72%
2015 4,978 +119 +2.45%
2014 4,859 +1,624 +50.2%
2013 3,235

About the indicator

The number of children of primary school age who attend neither primary nor secondary school. The absolute count answers the question of the scale of the task rather than of the state of a country, and for that reason it diverges from the share: a large part of all out-of-school children in the world lives in a few big countries where the share is low, not in those where the share is high. Both numbers matter for planning, and together they produce different lists of priorities.

Important: Primary school age only. Adolescents who do not attend secondary school are not part of this series, although there are more of them.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.